Aida Birritteri emigrated from Cuba to the USA at the age of four. Her family settled in Elizabeth, NJ where she lived for 25 to 30 years. She began drawing as a way of expressing herself as a child and developed her visual art skills throughout her life. She attended Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and New Jersey City University graduating with a BFA in 1990. After marrying, Aida and her husband moved to a small town, High Bridge, NJ (located in Northern Hunterdon County) in 1997. They have two daughters.